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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 667 · 40 questions
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Artist's tip (Look straight across): Pairs: red–green, blue–orange, yellow–purple (each pair = one primary + one secondary). Tertiary pairs: red-orange–blue-green, yellow-orange–blue-purple, yellow-green–red-purple. Side by side they look brighter; mixed as paint they look dull and brownish.

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  1. 1.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) opposite each other (b) next to white (c) side by side (d) in the centre
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) green and yellow (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  3. 3.🎯 Are blue and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  4. 4.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) invisible (b) duller (c) paler (d) brighter
  5. 5.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) purple (b) blue (c) red-purple (d) green
  6. 6.🎯 Are green and red a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  7. 7.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) red
  9. 9.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-green (b) blue (c) green (d) red-orange
  10. 10.True or false: green is the complementary colour of purple. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) red and purple (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  12. 12.True or false: blue and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: red and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) blue and purple (c) green and red (d) orange and blue
  15. 15.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) pure white (c) dull, brownish colour (d) primary colour
  16. 16.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-orange? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) blue-purple (d) purple
  17. 17.True or false: orange and blue — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) green and yellow (d) blue and orange
  19. 19.True or false: blue is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and red (b) red and green (c) yellow and purple (d) red and orange
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) purple and yellow (c) yellow and orange (d) green and yellow
  22. 22.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) yellow and purple (c) green and yellow (d) blue and purple
  23. 23.True or false: red and green — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  25. 25.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) blue (b) red (c) orange (d) green
  27. 27.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) secondary colour (b) tertiary colour (c) neutral colour
  28. 28.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) yellow and orange
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) red and green
  31. 31.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) red and orange
  32. 32.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  33. 33.🎯 Are red and purple a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  34. 34.True or false: purple and yellow — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) purple and yellow (d) red and orange
  37. 37.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: red-purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) red-purple (c) red-orange (d) yellow-orange
  40. 40.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-orange (b) yellow-green (c) purple (d) blue

Answer key

  1. opposite each other
  2. green and yellow
  3. not complementary
  4. brighter
  5. purple
  6. complementary pair
  7. False
  8. orange
  9. green
  10. False
  11. green and red
  12. True
  13. False
  14. blue and purple
  15. dull, brownish colour
  16. blue-green
  17. True
  18. blue and orange
  19. True
  20. red and orange
  21. purple and yellow
  22. yellow and purple
  23. True
  24. complementary pair
  25. False
  26. red
  27. secondary colour
  28. True
  29. yellow and orange
  30. red and green
  31. orange and blue
  32. not complementary
  33. not complementary
  34. False
  35. False
  36. red and orange
  37. False
  38. True
  39. yellow-orange
  40. yellow-green

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